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CyberScoop: Your AI doctor doesn’t have to follow the same privacy rules as your real one

February 11, 2026

Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said offering the same or similar data protections as part of a terms of service agreement is markedly different from interacting with a regulated healthcare entity. 

“On a federal level there are no limitations – generally, comprehensively – on non-HIPAA protected information or consumer information being sold to third parties, to data brokers,” she said. 

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